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Malin Space Science Systems (United States)

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Research works
94
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
80.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Malin Space Science Systems (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 28.61× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksArts and Humanities1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 28.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Malin Space Science Systems (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, M. C. Malin, M. A. Caplinger and K. S. Edgett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Malin Space Science Systems (United States).

  1. 1 M. C. Malin United States · #2,444 worldwide 1.3k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 M. A. Caplinger United States · #23,493 worldwide 578 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 K. S. Edgett United States · #28,212 worldwide 716 citations · 122 works
  4. 4 M. A. Ravine United States · #39,732 worldwide 459 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 B. A. Cantor United States · #52,099 worldwide 414 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Malin Space Science Systems (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Malin Space Science Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Holocene, Sea Level, Space Exploration and Climate Change.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Mars27▲ 587×1 topic
  2. Martian Surface27▲ 587×1 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances19▲ 233×1 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets19▲ 233×1 topic
  5. Climate Change9▲ 3.7×8 topics
  6. Holocene7▲ 48×3 topics
  7. Sea Level7▲ 54×2 topics
  8. Space Exploration7▲ 103×2 topics
  9. Astrobiology6▲ 198×1 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life6▲ 311×1 topic
  11. Glacial Cycles6▲ 57×1 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology6▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Simulation5▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Extravehicular Activity4▲ 309×1 topic
  15. Space Suit4▲ 309×1 topic
  16. Aeolian Processes3▲ 137×1 topic
  17. Wind Erosion3▲ 137×1 topic
  18. Sedimentation3▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.1×6 topics
  20. Microgravity2▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Spaceflight2▲ 84×1 topic
  22. Machine Learning2▼ 0.79×5 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  24. Mediterranean2▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Space Policy2▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Space Tourism2▲ 114×1 topic
  27. Black Sea1▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Tectonics1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  29. paleoceanography1▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Fluvial Systems1▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Sequence Stratigraphy1▲ 31×1 topic
  32. On-Orbit Performance1▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Optimization1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  34. Radiometric Calibration1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Innovation1▲ 1.16×2 topics

Which research topics does Malin Space Science Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Space Exploration and Technology.

Planetary Science and Ex…3Planetary Science and Exploration: 3 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…2Astro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 0 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 0 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and Control: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAerospace EngineeringPhysiologyAtmospheric Science

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Malin Space Science Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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